Kelly Urich

She has been making local and national news...Rebekah Bortniker of Overland Park was a recipent of Taylor Swift's personalize gift pack, which included a $1,989 check to pay off her student loans. This morning we got a chance to talk to her and hear a different side of story.

Walter "Hunk" Lambater, a die hard Royals fan from Minnesota, camped outside of "K" just because he wanted to take in the atmosphere. But even if he had tickets to be inside of the "K," he wouldn't have been able to watch the game. That is because Walter is legally blind.

A few years ago, Walter suffered two detatched retinas and has undergone five surgeries. In the parking lot, from his lawn chair, he could see the lights and hear the fans cheering.

Kansas City is being feature in the World Cup thanks to a KC based firm, Populous.Populous, located in Kansas City’s River Market, designed the stadium where Mexico took on Cameroon last Friday.

The 42,000-seat stadium is hosting the U.S. team as they take on Ghana today. Being the only American company to design a stadium for the World Cup, Populous modeled the stadum after the rolling dunes of Brazil. The stadium is called “Estadio das Dunas." Using a steel white roof on slits, Populous is able to create the impressed that the stadium is moving like a sand dune.

"The arena das Dunas really reflects the climate and culture of Natal, Brazil and we've tried to make it a stadium appropriate for that location,” Senior Architect Bruce Miller said.

Hiland Dairy has teamed up with Price Chopper at 500 NE Barry Road Saturday, June 14 from 7am to 4pm to host a Great American Milk Drive Event that will benefit Harvesters—The Community Food Network

We’re asking shoppers to buy an extra gallon of milk while they are shopping on Saturday that can be donated on-site. Both Hiland Dairy and Price Chopper will do a match for each gallon donated during 7am to 4pm on Saturday, June 14.

For many, that gallon of milk that we consider a staple in our refrigerator is missing in Kansas City’s food banks. According to Harvesters’ parent organization, Feeding America®, milk is one of the items most requested by food bank clients, yet there is a nationwide shortage because it is rarely donated

It’s been a challenge for Feeding America to meet the demand for milk due to the lack of donations – canned goods and other non-perishable items are more likely to be donated

There are other ways to donate for those who cannot make it to our on-site events:

With the simple click of a mouse (www.milklife.com/give) or text message (text “Milk” to 27722), anyone can buy much-needed milk and donate it for as little as $5.00 to a family who does not have regular access to milk. By entering your zip code, you can ensure that the milk is delivered from the farm to a local Feeding America food bank in your very own community

In case you somehow forgot, this Sunday is Father’s day; but last night one Kansas dad got to celebrate Father’s day a little early.

This year marks the 19th year of the National Centering for Fathering essay contest. Nominated by children, the essay contest honors fathers, grandfathers, and role models for their life-long impacts made on children’s life and to the community.

Just before the start of the Royals game yesterday, Steve Huff of Topeka received the top honor of the Kansas City Father of the Year.His son, Braxton Huff of Perry-Lecompton High School, wrote an essay about why his dad is the greatest.

To see Braxton’s essay along with essays from other age-groups, click here.

The 5th and final ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge is underway right now. Starting at the beginning of the month and extending to the end of August, the ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge is a national competition meant to increase pet adoption, reunite lost pets, and ultimately save more animal lives. The winner of the competition will receive $100,000 to continue to save even more animals.

There will be 50 animal shelters competing nationwide for the big prize, including our very own KC Pet Project. To help gain the competitive edge, starting today, KC Pet Project will be offering “Tail Waggin’ Tuesdays.” Every Tuesday for the month of June, dog adoptions are only $50.00.

In addition to fighting it out for the ASPC Rachel Ray $100K Challenge, KC Pet Project is a running an adoption campaign called #PetsforKC. It is there hope that they will be able to find homes for 2,498 pets during this campaign and 100K challenge. To find out more information about adopting a pet, click here.

The 11th year of Alex’s Lemonade Stand events will be happening this weekend here in Kansas City. Alex’s Lemonade Stand started back in 2000, after 4-year-old Alexandra "Alex" Scott built a lemonade stand to raise money to fight against cancer. Since then, Alex’s lemonade stand has turned into a national fundraising movement, raising more than $80 million towards defeating childhood cancer.

Kansas City has played a special role in Alex’s Lemonade Stand. Back in 2004, inspired by Alex’s story, 7-year-old Jacob Mozer, a fellow Kansas Citian with remission cancer, set up his own lemonade stand at his neighborhood Hy-Vee store in Blue Springs. Since 2004, Jacob’s efforts have expanded throughout Kansas City, helping to raise $900,000 for childhood cancer. It is the hope that this year that a goal of an additional $100,000 will be raised, to ultimately mark $1 million raised here in Kansas City.

Be on the lookout this weekend at 25 Hy-Vee locations throughout the local Kansas City metro area to help support Alex’s Lemonade Stand. The lemonade stands will be from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7, specifically at Hy-Vee locations in metro Kansas City, Lawrence, St. Joseph, Topeka and Manhattan.